Prepared for the Washington State Catholic Conference, three cases are depicted: an elderly patient with a broken hip who lapsed into an unconscious state, an old woman with pneumonia, and an AIDS patient who dies in the ...

Developed by the American Association for Retired People (AARP)'s Special Projects Section in cooperation with the American Association of Homes for the Aging's Commission on Ethics this program is intended for the staff ...

The film is directed to patient viewing and speaks to the issue of planning for future health care decisions. At the conclusion of the film, ethicist Ruth Macklin discusses the options for planning. Accompanying the video ...

Practical advice for physicians about how to share bad news with patients. This version provides a one-to-one doctor and patient meeting as well as a meeting with the family and the health care team. A 30 page Facilitator's ...

Excerpts from the 37th annual Health Care Forum: "Costs Up...Access Down" sponsored by the National Health Council and the accounting firm of Ernst and Young, note the spiralling cost of health care in the United States ...

Physicians Lewis M. Cohen and Rebecca Irvine discuss the deaths of competent patients who decide to stop dialysis. Two women, Anna and Barbara, are interviewed and explain their reasoning; each died a few weeks after being ...

"Twenty-five years ago Leilani Muir was informed she would never be able to conceive a child. Unbeknowst to her, at the age of fourteen, she had already been sexually sterilized, by an Act of the Alberta government. The ...

When pregnant with her, filmmaker Judith Helfand's mother took the synthetic hormone diethylstilbestrol (DES) to prevent miscarriage and ensure a healthy baby. Born in 1963, twenty-five years later Ms. Helfand was diagnosed ...

Should anencephalic infants serve as organ donors? Just as the title indicates, this program explores the question of whether parents of infants born with anencephaly ought to be allowed to donate their infant's vital ...